What a week! But in a total good way!
This past Monday I started back in Urgent Care. It is great to be back! I left that department for 6 months and worked in another department at another site. Needless to say that for the past 6 months I've been in a funk. Totally depressed. All I did on my days off is sleep. This was not good! I dreaded going to work and I didn't like that feeling. Obviously nobody every really wants to go to work (ok some lucky people do what the love) but usually work is more of nuisance not a dreaded place. I feel so blessed to have been offered my job back and the warm welcome back felt so good. I had forgotten what that was like, to actually have people really like you at work and vice versa. :)
Then it was Halloween time. The girls wanted to go trick or treating w/ their friends and I had said they could invite them all over for dinner. I would make chili. Then we decided to invite some of the parents who weren't doing anything to join us. We also had cake and brownies to celebrate our friend Barb's birthday and Jon's birthday. His is today. Holy cow was this house full! I think there were 8 or so kids Hallie's age and 3 kids Alexis' age. Her friend, Paige, that completes their group of 4 was home w/ a fever, poor girl.
That morning I got some stuff ready to take to the Post Office, picked up my poor sick neighbor from school early, hit 3 different grocery stores, came home put it all way and started on the chili. Then it was time to grab all the kids from both schools for carpool. Came home finished the chili, made brownies and frosted and decorated them. Then it was time for company (some of the kids were already here after school and we had to make a run to their homes for costumes). I seriously hadn't stopped. But.... it was so great! The house was full of laughter and friends and food and lots and lots of sugar. After the kids went trick or treating they came back and sorted and traded their loot. What fun! Brings back so many memories.
Today it is recover from yesterday day. Even though I crashed out hard after cleaning last night I still napped a little this morning. I've made Jon a cake, always German Chocolate for his birthday, I still have to frost and decorate. But at least I'm in sweats and lounging. And feeling very Blessed.
My positive for the day: I have a great family and great friends! :)
Friday, November 1, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2013
Orange is the New Black
I'm usually behind the times. For instance I have an iPhone 4 and I've only had it about 6 months and now most people are getting the 5c. Shoot I'm just happy with my 4. Not only with phones but lately with TV. Jon and I just started watching Breaking Bad. Ironically we watched the very first episode on the same day that the series finale aired. Hey better late than never...
Orange is the New Black is another show that apparently has been very popular but I just started watching. I'm going to blame all of this "behind the times" thing on the fact that I spend a lot of my free time reading. Yep that is way more important. Ok, anyhow, back to Orange is the New Black. WOW, where have I been? Well I've already established that my nose has been in a Nook. But really this show is so addictive. I'm loving it! First of all I was shocked to see Natasha Lyonne on there. I seriously thought she had died. Am I the only one? I was so pleasantly surprised to see her not only alive but back at work. I always love the characters she portrays. After I found out that this show is based off of a true story, of course I had to buy the book. I'm almost 1/2 way through it and it's so interesting. Of course the show is much more dramatic because that makes for good TV. But can you imagine committing a crime in your 20's and then 10 years later after you've moved on with your life for the better it comes back to haunt you? I can't help but think how horrible that would be!
I think the majority, if not all of us, did pretty stupid things when we were young. We just got away with it. But man, just think if you were just living your life as you do now and then POW! your past gets dragged up. We expect this of politicians and celebrities but just the average Joe Schmoe like you and I? Yeah that would so totally suck. On the bright side Piper Kerman is making money off of her ordeal but I think she's lucky to have rebounded like that.
Bottom line... if you haven't yet watched this show, what are you waiting for?
My positive for the day: Was supposed to work 8-5 today (BLAH!) but I got off at 4:30 instead. It's the little in things in life. :)
Orange is the New Black is another show that apparently has been very popular but I just started watching. I'm going to blame all of this "behind the times" thing on the fact that I spend a lot of my free time reading. Yep that is way more important. Ok, anyhow, back to Orange is the New Black. WOW, where have I been? Well I've already established that my nose has been in a Nook. But really this show is so addictive. I'm loving it! First of all I was shocked to see Natasha Lyonne on there. I seriously thought she had died. Am I the only one? I was so pleasantly surprised to see her not only alive but back at work. I always love the characters she portrays. After I found out that this show is based off of a true story, of course I had to buy the book. I'm almost 1/2 way through it and it's so interesting. Of course the show is much more dramatic because that makes for good TV. But can you imagine committing a crime in your 20's and then 10 years later after you've moved on with your life for the better it comes back to haunt you? I can't help but think how horrible that would be!
I think the majority, if not all of us, did pretty stupid things when we were young. We just got away with it. But man, just think if you were just living your life as you do now and then POW! your past gets dragged up. We expect this of politicians and celebrities but just the average Joe Schmoe like you and I? Yeah that would so totally suck. On the bright side Piper Kerman is making money off of her ordeal but I think she's lucky to have rebounded like that.
Bottom line... if you haven't yet watched this show, what are you waiting for?
My positive for the day: Was supposed to work 8-5 today (BLAH!) but I got off at 4:30 instead. It's the little in things in life. :)
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Shadow A Student Day
One thing I really like about our middle school is the fact that they do Shadow a Student Day every year. In October they chose one 1/2 day that the school invites parents to school with their child. When Alexis was there I did 6th and 7th grade with her and then was "uninvited" in 8th grade. Apparently it is not cool to have your parent there by then. So I'm thinking this might be the last year I get to do this since Hallie is now in 7th grade. I went with her last year as well. In the 4 years that I have participated in this I've really enjoyed it.
When I was in school it wasn't really "hands on". I really just remember the teachers lecturing and then the students doing work. Usually on our own, but sometimes in a group. Over the 10 years that my kids have been in school I've been so impressed with how much participation students have in their classroom learning environments. They are learning so much more and are much more engaged then I ever was. It's awesome. Today was just another example of this and I'll break it down for you...
Advisory was skipped today due to being on a 1/2 day schedule so:
1st period: Broadcast- Each work station has an iMac that the kids do all of the editing for the shows on. Each group works on a segment of the show that airs on Fridays. Today Hallie's group showed us their latest work and then they were free to roam around campus and work on their filming. So cool! They didn't use this time to goof off, they were serious about their assignment. The teacher made it clear that it is their show not his. They definitely take pride in this.
2nd period: Math- Each table seats 4 students and today was Jeopardy day. The class is divided in 3 rows and each row gets to name their team. Ours was Team Motivation the next row was ##unmotivation and the 3rd was #team3. The teacher was totally cool w/ the hashtags and was apologetic that he was out of fruities to give out as prizes. Each row has 3 tables. Each table works together for the answer. Even us parents got involved solving problems. So much more fun to learn this way!
3rd period: PE- OK not much as changed here. Volley Tennis was the game today. Self-explanatory
4th period: Science- Hallie has the BEST science teacher. She is one of my favorite teachers. Hallie had her last year too. She has an 8th grader herself so she gets kids. The kids go into class grab their netbooks and jot down their homework in their planners and then class begins. Today was writing an hypothesis and then experimenting w/ catching a falling ruler between your fingertips. It was all about how many centimeters it takes before your finger react. It was partner work and the kids had a lot of fun with this. After documenting on paper they transfer to OneNote on their netbooks. I have noticed that most of these kids are the fastest two finger typers around. I wouldn't mind seeing them learn proper typing technique however.
5th period: History- Again they all have their netbooks and ready for work. Each student is working on a travel brochure for Rome and they have to have 5 articles completed by tomorrow (they've been working on these for a few weeks). These kids were really working hard and using the Internet for research. Before all of this though the teacher was telling a story of Attilla the Hun. She was such a good storyteller that I was so sad when she said it was to be continued tomorrow. I wanted more. Thankfully she gave a website to find more of the story. But she has a gift for storytelling for sure!
6th period: English- Now I have to say that Hallie has a very strict and kind of boring teacher. She's probably about ready for retirement but she did give a little of her background and it was interesting. Apparently her family has had land in Virginia that dates back to the American Revolution. They lost some of the their land to a National Forrest and her grandfather is buried in that land. Kind of neat. The kids had great group work in this class too.
All in all was a great day. I love being an observer because I am a GREAT people watcher. It's interesting to see the fashions at school, even with the ridiculously strict dress code.
My positive for the day: Spending time with my sweet girl at school. :)
When I was in school it wasn't really "hands on". I really just remember the teachers lecturing and then the students doing work. Usually on our own, but sometimes in a group. Over the 10 years that my kids have been in school I've been so impressed with how much participation students have in their classroom learning environments. They are learning so much more and are much more engaged then I ever was. It's awesome. Today was just another example of this and I'll break it down for you...
Advisory was skipped today due to being on a 1/2 day schedule so:
1st period: Broadcast- Each work station has an iMac that the kids do all of the editing for the shows on. Each group works on a segment of the show that airs on Fridays. Today Hallie's group showed us their latest work and then they were free to roam around campus and work on their filming. So cool! They didn't use this time to goof off, they were serious about their assignment. The teacher made it clear that it is their show not his. They definitely take pride in this.
2nd period: Math- Each table seats 4 students and today was Jeopardy day. The class is divided in 3 rows and each row gets to name their team. Ours was Team Motivation the next row was ##unmotivation and the 3rd was #team3. The teacher was totally cool w/ the hashtags and was apologetic that he was out of fruities to give out as prizes. Each row has 3 tables. Each table works together for the answer. Even us parents got involved solving problems. So much more fun to learn this way!
3rd period: PE- OK not much as changed here. Volley Tennis was the game today. Self-explanatory
4th period: Science- Hallie has the BEST science teacher. She is one of my favorite teachers. Hallie had her last year too. She has an 8th grader herself so she gets kids. The kids go into class grab their netbooks and jot down their homework in their planners and then class begins. Today was writing an hypothesis and then experimenting w/ catching a falling ruler between your fingertips. It was all about how many centimeters it takes before your finger react. It was partner work and the kids had a lot of fun with this. After documenting on paper they transfer to OneNote on their netbooks. I have noticed that most of these kids are the fastest two finger typers around. I wouldn't mind seeing them learn proper typing technique however.
5th period: History- Again they all have their netbooks and ready for work. Each student is working on a travel brochure for Rome and they have to have 5 articles completed by tomorrow (they've been working on these for a few weeks). These kids were really working hard and using the Internet for research. Before all of this though the teacher was telling a story of Attilla the Hun. She was such a good storyteller that I was so sad when she said it was to be continued tomorrow. I wanted more. Thankfully she gave a website to find more of the story. But she has a gift for storytelling for sure!
6th period: English- Now I have to say that Hallie has a very strict and kind of boring teacher. She's probably about ready for retirement but she did give a little of her background and it was interesting. Apparently her family has had land in Virginia that dates back to the American Revolution. They lost some of the their land to a National Forrest and her grandfather is buried in that land. Kind of neat. The kids had great group work in this class too.
All in all was a great day. I love being an observer because I am a GREAT people watcher. It's interesting to see the fashions at school, even with the ridiculously strict dress code.
My positive for the day: Spending time with my sweet girl at school. :)
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Filter
Today I was speaking with a coworker about having to keep a cool and pleasant face even when patients aren't very nice. It got us to talking about our personal lives and I told her that even though I'm very opinionated I have a pretty darn good filter. I think I'm usually pretty pleasant even when I'm kind of upset. I mean I deal w/ stupid, rude and condescending things people/friends say all the time. I try not to say much back for the most part because it's usually petty and not anything too serious. And actually I like those people if I look beyond those faults because lets face it we all have faults. But... one of these days my filter is going to burst and I'm going to freak the freak out on someone. hahahaha The problem with that is that rather than just let it out little by little I bottle it up and then when I burst I think I will go too far. Maybe I'll lose a friend and it will be over something super dumb. Oh well. My filter's still strong for now. ;)
On that note it gets me thinking about FB. It cracks me up that people think that it's important to friend everyone they know and have lots and lots of "friends". Even when they really don't like someone they will keep them as their FB friends. Hypocrites, I say! If I feel like someone is really negative or rude I'll just unfriend that person. I'm not trying to prove a point or be rude but why would I want that junk clogging up my newsfeed. But I think this offends people. Why??? You can unfriend me if you don't like seeing my crap. What's funny is that a couple of weeks ago some very rude people took it upon themselves to attack me and tell me to remove a post from my wall. Um? Excuse me? I was told I was inappropriate. I hate to tell you but they were inappropriate by tell me that. Screw them. If they are offended unfriend me. But no... those people are hypocrites. They kept me as the FB friends even though they didn't want to see my stuff and truly are not my friends judging by their behavior. I did decide to unfriend them and it wasn't to be petty. I just figured if my stuff bothers you then hasta!
Judging by this post nothing exciting has happened lately if this is what I have to write about. hahaha
My positive for the day: A patient told me that I was very nice and helpful to her. It made me smile. Makes my job worth it. :)
On that note it gets me thinking about FB. It cracks me up that people think that it's important to friend everyone they know and have lots and lots of "friends". Even when they really don't like someone they will keep them as their FB friends. Hypocrites, I say! If I feel like someone is really negative or rude I'll just unfriend that person. I'm not trying to prove a point or be rude but why would I want that junk clogging up my newsfeed. But I think this offends people. Why??? You can unfriend me if you don't like seeing my crap. What's funny is that a couple of weeks ago some very rude people took it upon themselves to attack me and tell me to remove a post from my wall. Um? Excuse me? I was told I was inappropriate. I hate to tell you but they were inappropriate by tell me that. Screw them. If they are offended unfriend me. But no... those people are hypocrites. They kept me as the FB friends even though they didn't want to see my stuff and truly are not my friends judging by their behavior. I did decide to unfriend them and it wasn't to be petty. I just figured if my stuff bothers you then hasta!
Judging by this post nothing exciting has happened lately if this is what I have to write about. hahaha
My positive for the day: A patient told me that I was very nice and helpful to her. It made me smile. Makes my job worth it. :)
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Inspired
Oh man I haven't blogged in a pretty long time. However, my friend Marybeth blogs pretty much every day and I really enjoy reading her blogs. This weekend we were talking about people becoming famous off of a blog. I recently went to our All-Staff Assembly at work and the motivational speak was a guy who started a blog about 1000 Awesome Things just to pretty much cheer himself up. Well, it got popular. Pretty cool right? I don't always have something interesting today say but hey why not get back to blogging just for the heck of it.
One interesting thing that happened today is that I finally saw an episode of Breaking Bad. I know what you're thinking, if that is the interesting thing that happened to me today then I'm pretty boring. hahaha Yep, today was a boring but productive day. Anyhow, today is the series finale (I think) of Breaking Bad and we decided to start watching the series on Netflix. I'm always behind. You know what? I like it! The part when Walter takes his clothes off and leaves them outside while he cooks so that he won't go home smelling like meth made me laugh. Meth smells disgusting! I can totally smell it on people when they are tweaking. EW! I do see myself continuing to watch this show.
Well, there's my blog for the day. I am challenging myself to blog everyday. I can do this. I am a narcissist and all. :)
Good night!
One interesting thing that happened today is that I finally saw an episode of Breaking Bad. I know what you're thinking, if that is the interesting thing that happened to me today then I'm pretty boring. hahaha Yep, today was a boring but productive day. Anyhow, today is the series finale (I think) of Breaking Bad and we decided to start watching the series on Netflix. I'm always behind. You know what? I like it! The part when Walter takes his clothes off and leaves them outside while he cooks so that he won't go home smelling like meth made me laugh. Meth smells disgusting! I can totally smell it on people when they are tweaking. EW! I do see myself continuing to watch this show.
Well, there's my blog for the day. I am challenging myself to blog everyday. I can do this. I am a narcissist and all. :)
Good night!
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Claim Jumper
Tonight I had my department Christmas party at Claim Jumper. Our head doctor takes us out twice a year to celebrate. All on him. Super nice man. Anyhow, the Spring dinner is at El Torito and the Christmas one is at Claim Jumper.
I never eat at Claim Jumper. I just haven't ever really loved it and I get really overwhelmed deciding what I'm going to have. I've only been there a handful of times. So knowing that this dinner was approaching I decided to look at the menu online ahead of time. I was busy so I didn't have much time. I saw a BBQ Chicken Salad and thought, "Great, that's what I'll get!". Figuring I was all set I was prepared. I know this sounds ridiculous but I am easily overwhelmed when given many options. Ok, so tonight I get to the restaurant and order my standard... Diet Coke. :) Well everyone around me is really reading their menus and oohing and aahhing. So I'm thinking that maybe I'm making the wrong choice. I better give this menu thing another glance. Oh Wow. Super overwhelmed now.
Do I want ribs? Do I want a steak? Do I want a pot pie? Do I want chicken? Do I want tenderloins? Or do I just want to stick to my BBQ chicken salad????? AAAHHHHH Ok, I'm getting the chicken... no I'm getting the tri-tip... Wait! That tilapia looks really good. Ooooh. YUM! Oh but wait I want to pick my sides and this looks like it just has rice. Hmmmm. Ok I'll ask the waitress.
This is all going on in my head. So now you know, I'm a little nuts. You're probably thinking "This is all over food????" hahahaha I just don't want to end up w/ something that's just ok. I want something really good for dinner. So the waitress says that the tilapia comes w/ rice and green beans but that I can substitute the green beans. Ok... it's settled. I'm not a big fan of green beans so I'll go with the roasted vegetables. YAY I've made my selection.
Now dinner is being served. Across from me I see ribs and a ribs/shrimp combo and I'm thinking "oh man!". But wait my dinner is being placed in front of me. Did I mention that the tilapia had a creamy sauce (not alfredo) and shrimp??? Oh yeah, I've made the right choice! Next to me there is another tilapia dinner. He tries it first and is telling me it's scrumptious. Ok, I'm going in. OH MY GOSH!!!! This is the most delicious tilapia that I've ever tried. Melt in your mouth delicious. A few bites later I try the shrimp. I can't even speak. I just have to sit and chew slowly and enjoy every second of this shrimp.
Needless to say I am now a HUGE Claim Jumper fan and even more excited that the portion was so large that 1/2 of my dinner is in my fridge as I type. Oh and besides the food I had a great time! We did a gift exchange and after a few steals and trades (gotta love the White Elephant game) I ended up with a bottle of Patron Orange Liquer. I brought it home for Jon and he was one happy guy. :) Plus there were lots of laugh. A huge thanks to Dr C our head doc. MMUC is great place to work!!!
I never eat at Claim Jumper. I just haven't ever really loved it and I get really overwhelmed deciding what I'm going to have. I've only been there a handful of times. So knowing that this dinner was approaching I decided to look at the menu online ahead of time. I was busy so I didn't have much time. I saw a BBQ Chicken Salad and thought, "Great, that's what I'll get!". Figuring I was all set I was prepared. I know this sounds ridiculous but I am easily overwhelmed when given many options. Ok, so tonight I get to the restaurant and order my standard... Diet Coke. :) Well everyone around me is really reading their menus and oohing and aahhing. So I'm thinking that maybe I'm making the wrong choice. I better give this menu thing another glance. Oh Wow. Super overwhelmed now.
Do I want ribs? Do I want a steak? Do I want a pot pie? Do I want chicken? Do I want tenderloins? Or do I just want to stick to my BBQ chicken salad????? AAAHHHHH Ok, I'm getting the chicken... no I'm getting the tri-tip... Wait! That tilapia looks really good. Ooooh. YUM! Oh but wait I want to pick my sides and this looks like it just has rice. Hmmmm. Ok I'll ask the waitress.
This is all going on in my head. So now you know, I'm a little nuts. You're probably thinking "This is all over food????" hahahaha I just don't want to end up w/ something that's just ok. I want something really good for dinner. So the waitress says that the tilapia comes w/ rice and green beans but that I can substitute the green beans. Ok... it's settled. I'm not a big fan of green beans so I'll go with the roasted vegetables. YAY I've made my selection.
Now dinner is being served. Across from me I see ribs and a ribs/shrimp combo and I'm thinking "oh man!". But wait my dinner is being placed in front of me. Did I mention that the tilapia had a creamy sauce (not alfredo) and shrimp??? Oh yeah, I've made the right choice! Next to me there is another tilapia dinner. He tries it first and is telling me it's scrumptious. Ok, I'm going in. OH MY GOSH!!!! This is the most delicious tilapia that I've ever tried. Melt in your mouth delicious. A few bites later I try the shrimp. I can't even speak. I just have to sit and chew slowly and enjoy every second of this shrimp.
Needless to say I am now a HUGE Claim Jumper fan and even more excited that the portion was so large that 1/2 of my dinner is in my fridge as I type. Oh and besides the food I had a great time! We did a gift exchange and after a few steals and trades (gotta love the White Elephant game) I ended up with a bottle of Patron Orange Liquer. I brought it home for Jon and he was one happy guy. :) Plus there were lots of laugh. A huge thanks to Dr C our head doc. MMUC is great place to work!!!
Friday, December 16, 2011
Katheryn
My sister Katheryn and I are extremely different on so many levels. Our political views our religious views etc... However we are so alike on so many levels. We're both very morbid and laugh at extremely inappropriate times. We both feel deeply and hurt when we see others suffering. We share a past that only the 2 of us understand.
Growing up we never got along. I was very jealous of her and I wanted to be like her. She didn't want a pesky little sister hanging around. You know... typical sibling rivalry. As we've gotten older we've had our ups and downs but mostly ups. I'm so glad that we've become friends.
I've always been a private person when it comes to my personal life. I don't even share it with my sister. However, this past year has been quite a stressful year for my and I've actually opened up and told Katheryn everything. Expecting to be judged, I was really put in my place. Because my sister has been so supportive in so many ways. I feel so selfish for always keeping to myself when she has always poured her heart out. Why couldn't I do the same? I really missed out on years of emotional support by not doing that.
So no matter what differences Kat and I have I love her. She's my sister. My friend. And just an amazing person. :)
Growing up we never got along. I was very jealous of her and I wanted to be like her. She didn't want a pesky little sister hanging around. You know... typical sibling rivalry. As we've gotten older we've had our ups and downs but mostly ups. I'm so glad that we've become friends.
I've always been a private person when it comes to my personal life. I don't even share it with my sister. However, this past year has been quite a stressful year for my and I've actually opened up and told Katheryn everything. Expecting to be judged, I was really put in my place. Because my sister has been so supportive in so many ways. I feel so selfish for always keeping to myself when she has always poured her heart out. Why couldn't I do the same? I really missed out on years of emotional support by not doing that.
So no matter what differences Kat and I have I love her. She's my sister. My friend. And just an amazing person. :)
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